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1. The long national nightmare of Syracuse deciding if it would actually honor the SEC-Big East Challenge contract and play at Arkansas Nov. 30 is now over. The Orange announced they will play the game. But Syracuse also said it will get some help fr...

The divorce between Syracuse, Pittsburgh and the Big East continues to be messy as the league and the two departing schools are now embroiled in another controversy: the SEC-Big East Challenge.

1. The Big East-SEC Challenge wasn't going to continue next season with the changing membership of the Big East. That's why the SEC had long been in negotiations with the Big 12 for a new challenge, and that challenge will begin in 2013-14. The SEC a...

1. The Big East and SEC are expected to finalize the pairings for their challenge sometime in the next two weeks. Any speculation (as I did last week) on the pairings is now moot as the conferences try to figure out arena openings and home/road setup...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A quick look at the marquee matchup of the Big East/SEC Challenge, No. 3 Syracuse's 72-68 win over No. 9 Florida on Friday night at the Carrier Dome: Star of the game: Scoop Jardine. Last week in New York, SU's senior guard was r...

The Big East/SEC Challenge worked well when Kentucky and Connecticut played before a packed house at Madison Square Garden in December 2009. Getting Kentucky to host nearby Notre Dame in Louisville made sense, too. So did having Pitt play Tennesse...

The Big East/SEC Challenge is headed to campus venues next year, and 12 teams in each conference will be involved.